On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> wrote: > Please read the developer agreement you signed. There is nothing in > it that says that Google has the responsibility to take legal action > on your behalf.
I don't take this discussion as being about whether you're entitled to free legal help from Google - you're most obviously not, and I believe people here generally understand this even without checking the dev agreement. > Does it suck that this happens? Yes, it does. Is there any > possibility that Google would spend enough money for tons of lawyers > to protect you on an individual basis? I don't think that makes sense > for them, economically. I think it would make sense for Google to take a look at the problem. I mean, if the bad guys are required to substantiate their claim that they are taking the thing to the court with a document or some kind of proof, what's so efficient about tens or hundreds of little guys hiring tens or hundreds lawyers to research this same problem and get to the same conclusion? Would it not make sense for Google to take a look and *if* a proof is required, get it from the take-down notice author? Or, if such a proof is *not* required, wouldn't that be a gaping hole in DMCA? If so, who's better positioned to have the problem fixed, somehow, eventually - the little guys, or Google? And mind you again, I'm not discussing what Google *should* or *needs* to do - just what would seem to make sense to me. Depending on what Google wants to do with Android, having a bunch of developers on their side shouldn't hurt. If they decide to not protect their developers where Apple does, it's one more point against Android. If Apple does not either, it could be a point for Android if Google did. (And no, I have no idea what Apple does.) > (However, of course, you can argue they do > something for you legally, they routinely take quite a hit from > lawsuits against the Android platform from every major player..) Well, AFAIK most of those have nothing to do with developers, they don't it for us. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
